Lead Linux Engineer

Koch Technology is looking for a Lead Engineer with Linux experience and a passion for the Linux platform. The right person combines this Linux DNA with experience leading new capabilities development and operational improvement projects and initiatives.

About the role

This role requires an in-office presence with flexibility in Wichita, KS, Atlanta, GA, or Plano, TX. This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.

Success will be driven through executing complex technical work yourself and coaching others to overcome their own engineering challenges and level up their skill sets. It’s the ideal opportunity for someone who loves to be a player-coach, have ownership of our capabilities development and operational improvements board, and responsibility for its execution.

Our Team

The Linux Service Team within Koch Technologies delivers reliable, secure, and resilient Linux infrastructure that enables our partners to achieve and accelerate their business outcomes. We are seeking team players dedicated to creating rock-solid operations while building relationships with our internal business partners. We are part of the Koch Industries family of companies, the 2nd largest private corporation in the world.

Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering Projects: Own the board housing our capabilities development and operational improvements projects. Some you will take on yourself, others you will delegate, and some you will coordinate across multiple team members.
• Coach and Develop other Engineers: Help engineers develop and refine their skills, providing constructive feedback and praise for good work.
• Automation Enthusiast: Identify what can be automated or eliminated to achieve the greatest value. Work with automation teams to implement and improve automation using agentic AI.
• Innovative Problem Solver: Tackle complex challenges creatively, developing solutions that drive progress and enhance operations.
• Collaborative Partner: Work collaboratively with teams worldwide, fostering innovation and adopting a principled entrepreneurial mindset.
• Continuous Improvement Champion: Identify opportunities to refine processes, systems, and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous enhancement.
• Create Knowledge: Develop documentation to foster shared knowledge and accelerate your team’s ability, closing skill gaps. Coach others to do the same following new automation, capabilities, or process improvements.
• Enterprise Container Management: Build a managed container capability, including Kubernetes (k8s) and container orchestration, and create a roadmap to make it more capable and easier to support over time.

Requirements

• Knowledge of major Linux operating systems (RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu).
• Experience with containers and related technologies, such as Docker, Podman, container repositories, and Docker build/compose for container development and testing.
• Container orchestration experience with production Kubernetes (k8s).
• Demonstrated experience owning IT Engineering projects that span multiple contributors.
• Experience with patch deployment tools and patch management automation (e.g., RH Satellite, Landscape, Automox, Uyuni).
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Experience in a mission-critical production environment, understanding communication, risk management, responsible follow-through, post-incident analysis, and coverage participation.
• Experience in shell, Python, or other scripting languages to automate, optimize, and innovate.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or other automation or IaC technologies.

Qualifications

The following experience will put you ahead:

• Experience with Grafana and Grafana Loki.
• Experience with Uyuni for patching.
• AWS certification at a Solutions Architect Associate level or higher.
• VMWare and KVM virtualization expertise.
• Experience with ArgoCD or similar CI/CD tools for deployment automation with containerized workloads.
• Exposure to Nomad and/or ECS for container workload management.
• Experience with Helm charts, Werf, and/or Kustomize for managing Kubernetes deployments.
• Experience with Kubernetes networking technologies such as Cilium, Linkerd, OpenELB, MetalLB, and/or Calico.

Pay

Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided, considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Benefits

Our goal is for each employee and their families to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength. Our benefits plan includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, ADD, and disability.
• Retirement plans.
• Paid vacation/time off.
• Educational assistance.
• Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance (eligibility criteria apply).

Benefits may vary by geographic region. Everyone has individual work and personal needs, and we seek to enable the best work environment to help you and the business produce superior results.